The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 miniseries)
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi |
| Written by | Luigi Comencini Suso Cecchi D'Amico (from Carlo Collodi) |
| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Starring | Andrea Balestri Nino Manfredi Gina Lollobrigida Vittorio De Sica |
| Theme music composer | Fiorenzo Carpi |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language | Italian |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Franco Cristaldi |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Editor | Nino Baragli |
| Running time | 280 min (original TV edition) 320 min (extended TV edition) 135 min (theatrical edition) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rai 1 |
| Release | 8 April – 6 May 1972 |
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The Adventures of Pinocchio (Italian: Le avventure di Pinocchio) is a 1972 Italian five-part miniseries directed by Luigi Comencini, which originally aired weekly on Rai 1 between April 8 and May 6, 1972. Based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel with the same name, the miniseries received a large critical success, and had an average of twenty-one and a half million viewers during its first airing. All the episodes together make up 280 minutes of runtime.
An extended cut of the series, totaling 320 minutes of runtime divided into six episodes, first aired in France on Première chaîne de l'ORTF between December 19 and December 31, 1972. Also, a 135-minute edit of the miniseries was released as a theatrical film in Italy on December 21, 1972, and later released in other countries.